Driver,
Passengers
Flee after
Running
Checkpoint
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March 25, 2014TRENTON
– Edgefield
County Sheriff's
Deputies and a
Highway
Patrolman were
conducting a
safety
checkpoint at
the intersection
of Wise and
Church Streets
in Trenton just
before midnight
Saturday when a
black Lincoln
approached the
checkpoint.
Rather than
stop, the driver
ignored the
order to stop
and took off
while the
occupants were
throwing beer
cans out of the
window.

Deputies tried
to stop the car,
at times
reaching high
speeds, until
the driver
approached the
intersection of
Watson Street at
Wise Street and
was traveling
too fast to
stop. The driver
entered a yard
of a home and
came to a stop
with the driver
and two
passengers
jumping out of
the car and
trying to flee
the scene on
foot.

Deputies were
able to capture
one of the
passengers,
Donnell
Nathaniel
Baskett, 31, of
Brady Drive in
North Augusta,
as he exited the
car. Baskett
told the
deputies he did
not know who the
driver and the
other passenger
were. He also
gave deputies a
false name, that
was not
corrected until
he was being
booked into
custody.

Basket was
charged with
open container
and giving false
information to
police.

A search of the
area for the
other two men
was unsuccessful
The car was
towed from the
scene. A "hold"
was placed on
the car until
the
investigation
into who the
other two men
were is
completed.
Warrants will be
issued when
identified.